How accurately can older adults evaluate the quality of their text recall? The effect of providing standards on judgment accuracy

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 134-147

  Baker, Julie M C ^a,c   Dunlosky, John ^a   Hertzog, Christopher ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF-DIRECTED LEARNING; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORD LIST RECALL;

EID: 77950183432     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1553     Document Type: Article

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